GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 431

Short Title:  Extend Charlotte School Funding Program.   	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Winner, Dannelly, and Odom.

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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education

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March 21, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REMOVE THE SUNSET ON THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOL FUNDING PILOT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 986 of the 1991 Session Laws (1992 Regular Session), as rewritten by Chapter 103 of the 1993 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.  The State Board of Education may authorize a pilot project in the Mecklenburg County School Administrative Unit so that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education may reduce class size in grades kindergarten through 3 in certain schools by using State funds appropriated for teacher assistants for certificated teachers.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education shall use this authority only if the parents and the certificated employees in a school vote to approve of the board's plan for using the authority at their school:
(a)	If the board develops a plan for the kindergarten level at a school, the certificated kindergarten staff and the parents of kindergarten children enrolled in the school shall vote by secret ballot on the plan. The board shall implement the plan only if a majority of those voting in each group approve the plan.
(b)	If the board develops a plan for grades 1 through 3 at a school, the certificated staff at the school for those grades and the parents of children enrolled in those grades in the school shall vote by secret ballot on the plan. The board shall implement the plan only if a majority of those voting in each group approve the plan.
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Sec. 2.  Section 3 of Chapter 986 of the 1991 Session Laws (1992 Regular Session), as rewritten by Chapter 103 of the 1993 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1992."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.